Table 3.9  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Transport, Storage and Communication with ATE
           20 or more by Reasons of Non-Usage of ICT Resources, Philippines: 2001

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Number      |                                 |                  Rank of Problem
of Estab-   |                                 |--------------------------------------------------
lishments   |                                 |         |         |          |    Less |
as Non-user | Barriers to Adoption of ICT     |   Not a |   Minor | Moderate |   Major |   Major
of ICT      |                                 | problem | problem |  problem | problem | problem
(1)         | (2)                             |     (3) |     (4) |      (5) |     (6) |     (7)
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              Lack of information                    13         4          4         1         3
              Lack of financing                       6         3          3         2        11
              Low priority by management              7         5          5         4         4
              Lack of equipment                       9         -          7         5         4
              Obsolete machines                      14         3          3         3         2
              Lack of technical expertise            11         3          5         4         2
              Not relevant to business               14         5          4         -         2
              Lack of appreciation                   11         5          4         2         3
              Lack of telecommunication 
                facilities                           16         1          2         2         4
              Others                                  1         -          -         -         1

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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